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عشق پر زور نہیں

Love Cannot Be Compelled

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Diwan-e-Ghalib
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عشق پر زور نہیں ہے یہ وہ آتش غالب

جو لگائے نہ لگے اور بجھائے نہ بجھے

Simple meaning

Love cannot be forced — it is a fire, says Ghalib, that cannot be deliberately started, and once burning, cannot be put out. Love is beyond human control.

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End of poem